Rail-supporting element



A H. ANDERSON.

RAIL SUPPORTING ELEMENT. APPLICATION FILED-ocr. 2,0. 192|.

vPtelltd Mar. 7 1922.

2 SHEETS-SHEET!- A. H. ANDERSON.

RAIL SUPPORTING ELEMENT.

APPLIQATIONUFILED OCT. 20. 1921.

1,403,427, v Patented Mar. 7,1922.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

A TI'ORNEYS UNITED y.STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AXELfI-IARRY ANDERSON,- OF QFAIRJVIOIN'TJ WEST VIRGINIA.

RAIL-SUPPORTING ELEMENT.

. Specification of .Letters Patent.

,Patented Mar. 7, 1922.

Application led October 270, l1921. Serial N0. 509,035.

T70 LZZ ywhom "it may concern.'

Beit'known that l, AXEL HARRY ANDER- soN, a citizen of the United States, and a .resident of Fairmont, in the county of Marion and :StateofVVestfVirginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in itail-"Supportingg- Elements, of whif'h the "following is a specification.

The present invention relates in general Y to'rail supporting elements for railways and ties is ynot feasible, which is easy to lay ref quiring no tools whatsoever and avoiding the necessity yof using wooden blocks, boltsV or other accessories for fastening the tie tothe rail, which can bemanufa'ctured organized `with the tie or separatev therefrom as desired,

and which is in general of simple and `durable construction, reliable in operation, and

`easy and inexpensive tomanufacture.

Other objectsfand advantages o'f-the invention reside in certain novel features of construction, -combination and arrangement of parts as will hefhereina'fter more fully describedand particularly pointed out in`A the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings formingpart lof this specification, and 'in'whichz Figure 1` is View' in side elevation, slioivingtlie preferred'embodiment `'of the inveni tion;

F igure 2 is f a plan view',tlie yrail being omitted V*for 'the 'sake of illustration Figure 3 `is '-a view-:similar Ito Figure 1, showing a slightly modifiedrform of tlie invention; and v y y Figure t is a plan view of this modified foim.- A

Referring to the drawings wherein for the sake of illustration is shown the preferred embodiment of the invention, the Vnumeral 10 designates generally a tie which is shown as consisting of channel steel but which may be an ordinary wooden tie or a tie of conventional or desired type. The rail which is designated at 11 and which includes a base section 12 having inclined top surfaces 13 and 14 is supported on the tie 10 in the usual manner and is secured in position by the rail fastening device which comprises -tionv on tlietie.

'rail in position. able 'locking member is'carried by the rail clamp.

'the present invention. This rail fastening device'comprises a stationary lockingmembei', vdesignated generally at 15 and includinzg` a base plate 16 secured'to a'tieby a bolt or rivet 17, and an inclined-fixed lockinf; plate 18 integral-with tli'evbaseplate 16 Vand adapted to engage the surface 14 of the rail base when'tlie rail is secured in kposi- Upstandinfg'y bearing lugs 1f) are integrally lfoi'n'ied with the locking yplate 18.

' A rail clamp,designated 2generally at 20 `ispi'ovided l`and includes a pair of arms,

designated at 21 and a pair of Abars 22integrally formed with arms 21 and 'disposed at anA acute anglewitli rvrespect thereto so as 'to'extend around the rail as shown in the drawing.- ``The rail clamp is *pivotally .mounted on vthe upstanding 'lugs 19 by .means of a pivot boltfflwhich is carried by the upstanding lugs and 4which ,pivotally supports the free ends offlthe arms 21.

The arms 21 and the bars 22lie'on the outside lofthetie and'wlien the rail-is secured in position on the Atiejthebars 22 are snugly 'engaged with'the'opp'osite'sides of the tie,

as sliownfin Figure 2.

' -A fmovable"flocking` ymember, designated ygenerally `at 25 coasts-with the fixed lockm emberl to secure the rail in position on the tie fand preferably'the movable lockingineinbercomprises :a base plate 26 extendingbetween andintegral with the bars 22 f at the free end thereof.y andl 'an inclined lock- 'In` operation' wh'enfthe.y rail f is to 'be placed yin position lon lthe vtie, the rail clamp and the movableV locking member are swung up around the pivot bolt 24 to the position shown in dotted lines in Figure 1. The rail 11 is then placed on the ties. As shown in dotted lines in Figure 1 one of the side edges of the base section ofthe rail is engaged with the ties and the other side edge is spaced from the locking plate 27. The rail clamp and the rail are then swung down toward the tie in a counterclockwise direction as viewed in Figure 1 until the under side of the base section rests on the tie and the topsurface 14: of the base section engages the fixed locking plate 18 of the stationary locking member. Then as the rail clamp reaches the full locking position shown in full lines in Figure 1 with the bars 22 engaging the sides of the tie the locking plate 27 engages the top surface 13 of the base section of the rail and completes the securing action. `When the rail and the rail clamp are positioned as shown in full lines in Figure 1 the rail is secured in and positively locked in position on the tie and cannot be removed except by releasing the fastening means 17, as by shearing 0H the head of the rivet, if a rivet be used, or releasing the bolt, if a bolt be used.

The embodiment of the invention shown in Figures 3 and 4 is identical in all respects with the embodiment of the invention shown in Figures 1 and 2 except that the rail clamp and movable locking member are constructed of a single piece of heavy round wire instead of steel plate. The stationary locking member is constructed of the same material and in all respects like the stationary locking member shown in Figures 1 and 2 and hereinbefore described. Y

The rail clamp includes a pair of arms, designated'at 30, and' having offset extensions 31 journaled in the bearing lugs of the lstationary'locking member. A pair of bars 32 are integrally `formed with the arms 30 and with these arms define aiV-shaped seat 33 for the rail.

A movable locking member, designated generally at 35, coactswithy the stationary locking member as inthe foregoing embodiment but is constituted by a transverse bar Theconnecting portions 37 andthe trans and connecting portions 37 integral with the transverse bar 36 and with the bars 32.

verse bar 36 engagethe rail, as shown in Figure 3,'after the manner 1n which the locking plate 27 in the previous embodiment engagesthesame. The operation of this embodiment of the invention is identical with the embodiment shown-in Figures 1 and 2 and herein-above described.

I claim: k1. rIna device of the character described, a stationary locking member including a fixed baseplate, a fixed locking plate intecarried by said fixed locking plate, a rail clamp having arms pivotally secured at one end to said upstanding lugs and bars integral with the other ends of said arms and a movable locking member including a base plate secured to said bars and a locking plate extending from said base plate.

2. In a device of the character described, a stationary locking member including a fixed locking plate, a rail clamp having arms pivotally. connected with the fixed locking plate, and bars integral with the arms, and a movable locking member including` a locking .plate carried by the bars of the rail carrier.

3. InV combination, a railway tie, a sta tionary locking member including a base plate, means for securing the base plate to the tie, an inclinedfixed locking plate integrall with .the base plate and upstanding bearing lugs carried by the fixed lockingr plate, a rail clamp having arms pivotally secured at one end tol said bearing lugs and bars integral with the opposite ends of said arms and extending angnlarly therefrom, the bars being adapted to lie on the opposite sides of the tie in assembly-and a movable locking member .carried by the rail carrier and including aibase plate extending `be- Y tween and integral with the bars and adapted to engage the top of the tie in assembly and aninclined locking plate integral with the base plate.

4c. In combination, a railway tie, a fixed locking plate secured thereto, a rail clamp including an arm pivotally mounted on the fixed locking plate and having a bar integral, and a movable locking plate carried by the bar of the rail clamp.

In a deviceof'the character described, a stationary locking member, a rail clamp constructed ofv asingle piece of wire having arms pivotally supported on the stationary locking member, a pair of bars'integral with the' arms and extending angularly therefrom, and a movable locking member car-v ried by the clamp and including a transverse 4locking bar and connecting portions between the locking bar and the pair of bars. f y

AXEL HARRY ANDERSON. 

